It actually is potentially a big loss for us. He tore it up in the Mexican league -- I think he made the All XI. We don't have many with his technical skill on the team.

Jan camp is ahead soon...we end with a friendly against BIH. Like all Jan camps...this one is filled with just youngsters from North America. A few people will get a chance to make their first statement for inclusion going forward.

Zarniwoop wrote:If we only were as welcoming to other cultures as Russia and Qatar are

No one denies those two bought their way in. But then the US decided they were going to clean up FIFA. So now what?

That's exactly why S.A. won't vote for us. We called them on their fraud and they are taking their ball and going home.

FIFA is a joke. I just as soon quit dealing with them as much as possible.

We have the best infrastructure of any nation in the world to host the event - particularly now they expanded the size to 48. We generate the most money when we host it. Unlike Qatar we don't have to use forced slave labor to build stadiums and have dozens of people die doing it.

NYBF wrote:No one denies those two bought their way in. But then the US decided they were going to clean up FIFA. So now what?

That's exactly why S.A. won't vote for us. We called them on their fraud and they are taking their ball and going home.

FIFA is a joke. I just as soon quit dealing with them as much as possible.

We have the best infrastructure of any nation in the world to host the event - particularly now they expanded the size to 48. We generate the most money when we host it. Unlike Qatar we don't have to use forced slave labor to build stadiums and have dozens of people die doing it.

That's exactly why S.A. won't vote for us. We called them on their fraud and they are taking their ball and going home.

FIFA is a joke. I just as soon quit dealing with them as much as possible.

We have the best infrastructure of any nation in the world to host the event - particularly now they expanded the size to 48. We generate the most money when we host it. Unlike Qatar we don't have to use forced slave labor to build stadiums and have dozens of people die doing it.